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Or 15258
- Record Id:
- 032-002746387
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002746387
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022582344.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 15258
- Title:
- Extracts from Abhidhamma Pitaka and Phra Malai พระมาลัย
- Scope & Content:
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A collection of Buddhist extracts from the Abhidhamma Pitaka for chanting, together with the legend of Phra Malai, the monk believed to have travelled to the Buddhist heavens and hells.
Colophon on the last folio states that "the reader of these texts will reach nibbāna (Nirvana) swiftly".
Illustrations: Thirteen paired high quality illustrations with gilt showing scenes from the Ten Birth Tales and from the legend of Phra Malai.
Fol. 93: scene of a Buddhist funeral with four monks
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002746387
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002746387
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 93 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_15258 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1800-1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 669 mm x 134 mm
- Script: 5 lines per side in black ink, 550-280 mm long. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from Paul E. Stolper, October 1996.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)